Lady Gouyi, also known as Zhao Jieyu, or Zhao Gouyi, was a consort of Emperor Wu of the Chinese Han dynasty, and the mother of Emperor Zhao of Han.
An 18th-century portrayal of Lady Gouyi from the Qing dynasty book Bai mei xin yong [zh]
Emperor Wu of Han, personal name Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years – a record not broken until the reign of the Ka
Lady Gouyi
…pinyin: Gōuyì Fūrén; Wade–Giles: Kou-i Fu-jen; 113–88 BC), also known as Zhao Jieyu (Chinese: 趙婕妤; Consort Zhao), or Zhao Gouyi (趙鉤弋), was a consort of Emperor Wu of the Chinese Han dynasty, and the mother of Emperor Zhao of Han. Near the end of his long reign, Emperor Wu made her young son Liu Fuling his heir…
Emperor Wu with two attendants
Chinese ceramic statues of cavalry and infantry, wearing armour and bearing shields (with missing weapons), from the Yangjiawan terracotta army, Hainan Provincial Museum
Ceramic statues of a prancing horse (foreground) and a cavalryman on horseback (background), Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
A scene of historic paragons of filial piety conversing with one another, Chinese painted artwork on a lacquered basketwork box, excavated from an Eastern-Han tomb of what was the Chinese Lelang Commandery in present-day North Korea